Comments on: It’s the hypocrisy, Stupid — our favorite public admissions of guilt

By: Lisa Todorovich

Lisa Todorovich — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:04:11 +0000

Nice! In some ways, George Wallace raised — lowered? — the bar for all politicians.

I’m trying to remember if there are any women — politicians, public figures, religious leaders, etc. — who’ve found themselves in this position. Not that women are saints — is it just the double standard that keeps us from seeing it?

By: Chip Brantley

Chip Brantley — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:03:50 +0000

Some good apologies excerpted in this video of the Governor George Wallace Apology of the Year Award:

http://www.thedailytube.com/video/1379/the-23-annual-apology-awards

By: Lisa Todorovich

Lisa Todorovich — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:56:58 +0000

Such a good one — Colorado Springs must’ve been overrun with Haggerty stuff for a good long while. His situation felt to me like taking the concept of scandal to a whole new level.

By: mzimnik

mzimnik — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:38:07 +0000

We’re still such Puritans here in America, and we make such a big deal about consenting adults having sex that is none of our business. Yet we’ll let ride truly worthy scandals like corporate crime, how greed influences legislation that impacts each American’s life, war, proliferation of unnecessary guns in our society, shooting animals from the safety of a helicopter … you get it, the true list goes on. Specifically to these sex “scandals,” I get the shock when it comes to 1 of 3 things, which are unforgivable:

1) when minors are involved, naturally;
2) when someone is forced into sex (to get a job they need to survive);
3) when it involves someone, especially a politician or member of the clergy, who is doing the one thing behind the scenes that they admonish with fervor in front of the camera – the hypocrite.

By: rickporter

rickporter — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:47:20 +0000

What stood out for me about Dave’s story is how straightforward it was. No blubbering or double-talking or anything of the sort. As you said, he hasn’t ever held himself up as a paragon of virtue, so he probably had less riding on it than the pols you mentioned, but his directness was kind of refreshing.

By: LeeAnn Maton

LeeAnn Maton — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:30:07 +0000

Being from Colorado Springs, Co. I have to add Ted Haggerty to the list. The charismatic head of an evangelical, anti-gay marriage mega-church just minutes from my parents’ house, Haggerty shocked everyone after he admitted to “sexual immorality” and for paying a gay man in Denver for a massage and methamphetamine.

http://tr.im/Audl